Service Catalogue Contract Job Trends in the South East

Service Catalogue
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Service Catalogue skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 158 188
Rank change year-on-year -19 +30 +36
Contract jobs citing Service Catalogue 5 6 10
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.12% 0.18% 0.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.20% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile £423 £368 £232
25th Percentile £428 £413 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £600 £279
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +115.05% -59.57%
75th Percentile £644 - -
90th Percentile £700 £653 -
England median daily rate £494 £500 £559
% change year-on-year -1.25% -10.51% +6.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £66.83
Median hourly rate - - £68.67
75th Percentile - - £70.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £54.46 - £68.67
% change year-on-year - - +226.98%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Service Catalogue falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,660 2,963 4,452
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.25% 89.01% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,403 1,830 2,833
10th Percentile £230 £250 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £517
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -1.35% +2.99%
75th Percentile £600 £620 £615
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 331 112 259
10th Percentile £14.75 £19.37 £17.80
25th Percentile £17.00 £25.56 £26.00
Median hourly rate £23.58 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -44.53% -22.73% +22.22%
75th Percentile £54.38 £62.50 £66.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £68.63 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -20.00% +21.43%

Service Catalogue
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Service Catalogue relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Service Catalogue job vacancy trend in the South East

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Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Service Catalogue.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Service Catalogue

Service Catalogue
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Catalogue in the South East over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Catalogue in the South East

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Service Catalogue.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Service Catalogue

Service Catalogue
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Catalogue within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire -3 4 £438 -14.63%
Thames Valley -10 4 £438 -27.08%
Hampshire - 1 £725 - 2
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England

Service Catalogue
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Broadband
1 3 (60.00%) MPLS
1 3 (60.00%) NaaS
1 3 (60.00%) SD-WAN
1 3 (60.00%) VPN
1 3 (60.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 2 (40.00%) Service Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms Architect
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms Specialist
3 1 (20.00%) Cloud Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Network Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Enterprise Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) TM Forum
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) AI
1 3 (60.00%) Generative AI
1 3 (60.00%) Observability
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (40.00%) IT4IT
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Network Optimisation
2 2 (40.00%) Presales
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Service Design
2 2 (40.00%) Service Management
2 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (20.00%) CCIE
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
2 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) Fortinet
1 3 (60.00%) Juniper